David Eldridge

If you're not on the Benghazi panel, Chairman Trey Gowdy said Sunday, shut up — and that includes fellow Republicans.

In an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation," the South Carolina Republican and former federal prosecutor brushed aside assertions that the panel charged with investigating the 2012 terror attack has lost credibility in the wake of a string of embarrassing comments — from a gaffe on the part of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to speculation by New York Republican Richard Hanna to the explosive allegations from a former GOP Benghazi staffer. "There are three people who don't have any idea what they're talking about," Gowdy said. "Two of my colleagues, the two Republican members of the conference, have never asked for an update on our committee, they couldn't name three witnesses we've talked to, they couldn't tell you a single document production that we have received and the former staffer left in June, so he has no idea what we've done since June.

Rep Luis V. Gutiérrez, one of Congress’ most outspoken advocates for immigrants, on Wednesday called for expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants in the United States.

Updated 5:40 p.m. | Rep Luis V. Gutiérrez, one of Congress' most outspoken advocates for immigrants, on Wednesday called for expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants in the United States.

“The goal is to make integration and inclusion real for millions of families that are locked out under current law,” the Illinois Democrat said in a floor speech introducing his proposed legislation.

The pope's joint address will be a family event for many members of Congress, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who is bringing her brother (former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D. Alesandro III) and her husband, Paul.

Sen. Bill Nelson, in a scathing speech on the Senate floor, said Tuesday the latest scandal involving deceptive auto industry practices should result in criminal charges and regulatory reform.

The Florida Democrat's comments came as President Barack Obama's administration ordered Volkswagen last week to recall at least half a million cars amid accusations the German manufacturer installed software to cheat on emissions tests. The company admitted Tuesday the deceptive software could impact as many as 11 million cars worldwide. Nelson said it was time for jail terms, not fines.

If you found the unending, repetitive and relentless stream of fantasy football commercials that flooded this weekend's National Football League broadcasts annoying, you weren't alone.

On Monday, New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone Jr. called for a congressional hearing into the relationship between the NFL and the fantasy leagues that clogged airwaves during this season's opening weekend.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Oct. 22 appearance before the House committee investigating the Benghazi attack is shaping up as a potentially explosive showdown between the Democratic presidential front-runner and panel Chairman Trey Gowdy, who said Sunday he expects a marathon hearing.

"If she's going to insist ... that she's only coming once, I'm going to insist that that once be fully constructive, which means that she's going to be there a while," the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi told "Fox News Sunday." "We're going to stay there until all of the questions [are answered]." The South Carolina Republican's comments came after a tumultuous week for the Clinton campaign that saw the former secretary of State turn over her private email server to the FBI amid ongoing questions about whether she or her staff mishandled classified information during her tenure in the Obama Cabinet.

Updated 2 p.m. | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., released the following statement Wednesday after news that Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., has been indicted on 29 counts of racketeering conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud as part of an FBI and IRS probe.

For months, it looked like the partisan wrangling over Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails might be relegated to the occasional House Select Committee on Benghazi hearing and that panel's increasingly contentious clashes between Republican Chairman Trey Gowdy and ranking Democrat Elijah E. Cummings.

That changed dramatically Friday, after the New York Times reported two federal inspectors general had asked the Department of Justice to open a "criminal" investigation into the handling of classified information in some of the Clinton emails stored on her private server.

After years of negotiations, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced that international negotiators led by the United States reached a deal with Iran to limit that country's nuclear capabilities in exchange for lifting economic sanctions on the Islamic republic....

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday international negotiators led by the United States have reached a deal with Iran to limit that country's nuclear capabilities in exchange for lifting economic sanctions on the Islamic republic. ...

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday international negotiators led by the United States have reached a deal with Iran to limit that country’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for lifting economic sanctions on the Islamic republic....

With the nation on a high terror alert three days before the July 4 holiday weekend, security is being tightened just about everywhere — including at the two symbolic buildings at opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

On Wednesday, workers were installing nasty-looking extra rows of sharp metal spikes atop the fence at the White House, where the Secret Service has had a problem in recent months with jumpers.

House Ways and Means Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Capitol Hill's biggest Republican proponent of "fast-track" trade legislation, said Sunday he remains optimistic, despite the recent collapse of a deal that would have cleared the way for President Barack Obama to negotiate a 12-nation Pacific pact.

Ryan, R-Wis., in an interview on Fox News Sunday, said the most difficult legislative work required for fast track — lining up GOP and Democratic votes for Trade Promotion Authority for the president — is done. Now it's up to Obama and the Democrats to come to an agreement on an underlying worker-training bill that failed on the floor Friday, derailing the entire package. "The heavy lifting is over. Trade Promotion Authority which is the more difficult part, the heavy lift, is done," said Ryan, who ran on the GOP ticket against Obama in 2012, but finds himself allied with the White House on the trade deal. "The Democrats abandoned their president ... in droves. The president has a lot of work to do with his own party to turn this around, to salvage this."

House lawmakers were told to expect late hours this week as leadership tries to plow through a backlog of appropriations bills — but coming back to the Capitol to vote after Thursday night's 54th Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game seems like, well, a tough call. Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., speaking to reporters during his weekly pen-and-pad briefing Tuesday, said there were "thoughts" members might be called back for votes after the Thursday game, which pits Republicans against Democrats. First pitch is at about 7 p.m.